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Local urban environments and the wellbeing of older people
- Author:
- DAY Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Scottish Centre for Research on Social Justice
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 59p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This study set out to explore how older urban residents feel their wellbeing is affected by their outdoor local environments. It was also concerned with potential environmental inequalities that might occur in several different ways: through local environments differentially impacting on older people as opposed to other residents, through spatial inequalities in the quality of local environments for older people, and through insufficient access for older people to procedures where decisions affecting local environments are made. The research took a multi-case study approach, taking place in three urban neighbourhoods in the Strathclyde region of West Scotland. These three areas comprised a deprived inner city neighbourhood, a suburban estate slightly more deprived than the Scottish median, and a more affluent small town on the coast. The research approach was qualitative, with data collection using one-to-one in-depth interviews, a smaller number of group interviews, and additional observation of older people outdoors in each area.
Findings: local urban environments and the wellbeing of older people
- Author:
- DAY Rosie
- Publisher:
- Scottish Centre for Research on Social Justice
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This study investigated how local outdoor environments can influence older people’s health and wellbeing. It used qualitative techniques to engage in depth with older people in three different Scottish urban neighbourhoods. It also examined how much influence the older people felt they had in decision-making affecting their local environment. The findings indicate that certain key aspects of local environments can either promote or detract from older people’s mental and physical wellbeing especially by affecting the amount of exercise and social interaction older residents might attain. Planners and urban designers could usefully develop a greater awareness of older people’s perspectives. Key findings are presented.
Having a voice, being heard
- Author:
- BRIGHT Les
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 10(4), December 2006, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Exeter Senior Voice, a user involvement project with nearly 300 active members, ran an election for the 12 places on its panel of representatives. The representatives attend a wide range of meetings with staff of statutory and voluntary bodies discussing service development and mapping out strategies designed to respond to older people's needs. The author reports on the high turnout for the election, and why these groups are so important to ensuring older people's voices are heard on local issues.
Consulting and involving older people with a visual impairment in the provision and development of personal social services
- Author:
- DAVIS Mark
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a research project examining how much progress has been made in consulting and involving older people with a visual impairment in community care services. Describes the current situation, highlights good practice, and offers guidance to planners, commissioners and providers of services.
Options for consulting and involving older service users and their carers
- Author:
- MACCLESFIELD. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Macclesfield. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- Macclesfield
Examines and evaluates different options for acquiring feedback from older people and carers who use social services, for the purpose of service planning.
Consumer survey of attenders at Cambridgeshire Social Services Department's day centres for elderly people
- Author:
- THRELFALL Susan
- Publisher:
- Cambridgeshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 30p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Survey aimed at gaining the views of service users to aid the planning and development of future services so that they are more client orientated.
Transitions in the lives of older adults with intellectual disabilities: “having a sense of dignity and independence”
- Author:
- STRNADOVA Iva
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(1), 2019, pp.58-66.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Older people with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience numerous transitions in their lives, which include transitions between jobs, places of residence, relationship transitions, and transitions to retirement. Ensuring quality planning for the future is important so that older people with ID can live good lives. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore planning for the future and transitions experienced by older people with ID. The author conducted semi‐structured in‐depth interviews with 17 people with ID aged 40 years and more. The interviews were analyzed using inductive content analysis. The three main themes were types of transitions, planning for future, and barriers to planning for future. The implications for research and practice are discussed, with a focus on enhancing independence and choice‐making. (Edited publisher abstract)
Making voices heard: older people's access to independent advocacy in Wales
- Author:
- OLDER PEOPLE'S COMMISSIONER FOR WALES
- Publisher:
- Older People's Commissioner for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 65
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report examines the extent to which older people in Wales are able to access independent advocacy to enable them to participate in decisions about their health and social care. It is based on evidence gathered across Wales from older people and carers who have been supported by independent advocates, advocacy providers, those commissioning services and stakeholders working with and for older people. It identifies a number of significant barriers currently preventing older people from accessing independent advocacy. These include a lack of understanding by health and social care professionals of independent advocacy and people’s right to it; shortcomings in current legislation and the way it is applied; insufficient data in relation to the provision of statutory independent advocacy; and poor service planning to meet the needs of the population. The report makes recommendations to improve access to improve independent advocacy services. These include training for staff in Local Authorities and Health Boards on independent advocacy and its benefits; awareness raising to ensure that those most in need of independent advocacy are made aware of their rights; and for effective planning across Wales in relation to the provision of statutory and non-statutory independent advocacy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Dementia and financial incapacity: a caregiver study
- Authors:
- DaDALT Olivia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 20(2), 2016, pp.66-75.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify strategies that caregivers of people with dementia use for financial and estate planning and what advice they would give to others in their position. Design/methodology/approach: Data were gathered via in-depth in-person interviews with 34 caregivers of individuals with dementia. Participants were asked questions about: how they financed care; the resources and people they used to help manage care and finances; and advice they would give to other caregivers. Findings: Caregivers wished that they had done more in-depth planning regarding dementia care and financial arrangements. Participants also wished they had saved more money for care expenses or a “nest-egg.” Participants had mixed feelings about the usefulness and trustworthiness of financial advisors, but those who had elder care lawyers recommended them highly. Research limitations/implications: It would be beneficial to reproduce this study with a larger, gender-balanced sample with a wider variety of socio-economic backgrounds. Social implications: The advice and insight provided in this paper are useful both to dementia caregivers, who can learn from the experiences of those interviewed, and to industry professionals such as financial advisors and elder care lawyers, who may recognize from these interviews the areas in which caregivers need assistance and the services they can provide to help them navigate this disease. Originality/value: This paper provides insights from actual caregivers about their experiences dealing with the financial aspect of dementia, an aspect of the disease that is not widely discussed. (Publisher abstract)
Older carers of adults with a learning disability confront the future: issues and preferences in planning
- Authors:
- BOWEY Laura, McGLAUGHLIN Alex
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 37(1), January 2007, pp.39-54.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Valuing People White Paper (Department of Health, 2001) requires services to secure a plan for all service-users with learning disabilities living with older carers and promises them and their families more choice and control over how and where they live. This paper examines the views of the older carers (aged over seventy) of sixty-two adults with a learning disability about planning for the future. Fifty-six took part in interviews in their own homes and six completed a questionnaire. All carers were white and recruited from one local authority in response to the requirements of the White Paper. Findings indicate that a significant proportion is either not ready or is unwilling to make future plans. Barriers to planning include a perceived lack of need due to the existence of two carers, a lack of awareness of timescales involved in securing housing, difficulties in letting go, a lack of confidence in available housing options, and the existence of mutually supportive relationships. The findings show a need for a proactive approach to information and support provision to enable these families to work through a process of making plans for the future. This is essential to prevent the need for emergency placements in response to crisis and in turn to ensure that adults with learning disabilities have genuine choice and involvement in how and where they live.